The Supreme Court around two weeks ago had ordered all six ex-chief minister's of Uttar Pradesh to vacate government occupied bungalows.

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Supreme Court around two weeks ago had ordered all six ex-chief minister's of Uttar Pradesh to vacate government occupied bungalows

state property department has decided to issue notices to all these former CMs

Sources close to Mulayam Singh said the leader wants the Uttar Pradesh government to review the Supreme Court's order

Samajwadi Party veteran Mulayam Singh Yadav met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the latter's residence in Lucknow on Wednesday evening. The meeting between both leaders took place after the UP government decided to issue notices to all former CMs to vacate government occupied bungalows as per a Supreme Court order.

The Supreme Court around two weeks ago had ordered all six ex-chief minister's of Uttar Pradesh to vacate government occupied bungalows. Mulayam Singh, Akhilesh Yadav, Kalyan Singh, Rajnath Singh and Mayawati are the former CMs holding lavish government bungalows in prime locations of Lucknow.

The state property department has decided to issue notices to all these former CMs in the next few days to abide by the apex court's order. Notices will also be issued to them to pay the outstanding rent and water taxes.

Sources close to Mulayam Singh said the leader wants the Uttar Pradesh government to review the Supreme Court's order. This is why Mulayam sought time from Yogi Adityanath and met him for over 20 minutes.

A similar order was issued by the Supreme Court in 2016 but the previous UP government made amendments in the state assembly which allowed former CMs to occupy these bungalows indefinitely. The top court, on a PIL filed by NGO Lok Prahari, has rejected the amendments made in the UP assembly and has once again ordered them to vacate the bungalows.

"Former Chief Minister's are also public representatives and they meet a lot of people daily. They don't have personal homes. Therefore the UP government must review these things before taking further action on the SC order," Samajwadi Party spokesperson Juhi Singh had told India Today immediately after the SC verdict.